Inter Caesa et Porrecta

Out of hand. Many things may occur between the cup and lip.
(See Cicero: Ad Atticum, v. 18.) Literally, between the
slaughter (cæsa) of the sacrifical victim and its being laid (porrecta) on the altar. It was not permitted to speak while the
priest struck the animal, nor yet while the sacrifice was being
consumed by fire; but between these intervals persons were allowed to
talk.